In the office of the director of True Cross Academy, one Mephisto Pheles was sitting at his desk, looking rather troubled. He had recently been growing more and more concerned with one of his students, namely Rin Okumura. He had noticed that ever since the battle against Satan, Rin had been getting more and more depressed. He was worried that Rin's peers were still afraid of him and that they were affecting his mindset and mood. He knew that Rin still blamed himself for everything that had happened up to that point. The death of Shiro, his friends almost dying on his account several times, the invasion of Assiah, and many, many other things that had happened since the day of Shiro's death.
Normally, he wouldn't be worried about something so… small. But this worried him. He knew that Rin's life was far from over, and he was worried that Rin would do something that he would regret. Deciding that something needed to be done, he came up with a plan to rectify the problem. First, knowing that everyone would be asleep, he sent them to a comfortable room with plenty of couches, pillows, blankets and snacks as they would be there for a while. Well, almost everyone would be asleep. He made sure that the videos would be ready and left a note on the stack.
Finally, he did one more thing before leaning back in his chair and smiling. It was going to be an interesting next several days.
Meanwhile, in the abandoned boys dorms, Rin Okumura was clueless about what was going on. He had one thing, and only one thing on his mind. He gently laid out the last letter on the table and surveyed them. On each was the name of a person he so desperately wished to talk to, but couldn't. Why couldn't he? Well, simply put, they were scared of him. The fear had started after they had found out his secret. That he was the son of Satan. He knew that they said they weren't scared of him, but whenever he entered a classroom, he could hear the whispers, the dirty comments, could feel the glares on the back of his neck.
But, he ignored it, having gotten used to it for so, so many years. He sighed. He knew they would probably feel guilty once they learned what he had done. They would cry and cry and ask why. Why had he done it? But he knew they would get over it soon. No one liked him anyways, so what did it matter? He felt guilty about leaving Kuro and…. No, he didn't feel guilty about leaving Yukio. He's the one who told him that he should just die. The one who had always blamed him for their dad's death. The one who had pointed a gun at his head…. Even after the battle against Satan, when they had defeated him together, he knew that Yukio still hated him, even if he didn't show it.
Yukio, Bon, Shura, Shima, Konekomaru, Shiemi, Izumo, Mephisto, and even Takara, whom he had actually talked to on a few occasions. Their names written neatly on the letters that sat on the table. They were apologies of sorts. Things he had wanted to say to them but never gotten the chance. He had left Kuro in the care of Yukio and Neko as he knew Yukio could understand him and he always had fun playing with Neko. He turned away from the table and began walking towards the stairs. He looked down at his arms. Even though they were healed, he still saw the blood. He knew there would be scars, he had used a holy blade after all. He had left Kurikara on his bed with a note to Yukio saying that now his demon powers had awakened, he was free to use it. (Yeah, I don't know it they were actually awakened, but just bear with me.)
He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't hear the quiet pop as the letters were delivered to their respective names. When he got to the roof, he pulled the bottle out of his pocket. Inside were pills that the Vatican had given his brother as a "just in case". They were for Rin, and now Yukio since they both had powers now. He laughed at the thought. At least they trusted Yukio. For some reason, even though Yukio also had powers now, they trusted him more than they trusted Rin. He took out two and swallowed. After a few minutes, he cut his wrist again, making sure they would work. When he saw that his cut didn't heal like they normally did, he smiled a sad smile. The pills were to repress his powers, and do that they did. He didn't bother wiping off the blood. It wouldn't matter soon anyways.
He stood at the edge of the building. He saw the moon and stars shining brightly in the sky. He smiled and a few tears slipped down his face as he whispered, "Well, I guess I'll be joining you soon mom. I hope that we are together in the Garden of Amahara."
With that, he stepped off the building. Not before he heard the beginning of the countdown that was all so familiar now. "Eins, Zwei, Drei!" He closed his eyes, hoping he would hit the ground before Mephisto could get him. "I'm sorry," he said, looking at the clown like figure that was standing where he just was.
Little did he know, this wasn't going to be the end of him.
Elsewhere, a rather confused group of two Exorcists and several Exwires was waking up. When they were awake enough to realise that they weren't in the beds they had originally been in, they jumped up and grabbed whatever weapons they may have with them at the moment. It was silent for a moment when they realized that they knew everyone there with them. Bon asked, slightly angrily, "What the hell is going on here?"
Shura looked around and said, "I'd like to know that as well. Last thing I remember I was sleepin' at my place, and then, I wake up here!"
People looked around, considering the situation they were in when all of a sudden, there was a flash before each of them and then there were letters with their names on them. Wary, each person reached out for his or her letter and opened it. As people began to read, there were various cries of "No!" and "Why?"
The ones who seemed to be affected the worst by the news was Shura, Shiemi and Yukio. They both had tears running down their faces and were quietly sobbing. Shieme grabbed Izumo, who didn't seem to mind, and cried into her shoulder as Izumo attempted to comfort her. Yukio just slid to the floor, silently shocked, tears streaming down his face. "I-I-I can't believe it…" Shura said, seeming to not know how to deal with the news she had just received.
"I never thought that… he would do something…" Shima said, his normal smile was gone, and he had tears leaking down his face.
"That idiot!" Bon said weakly, not knowing how to react.
He had thought that Rin was fine. Well, no, he knew that Rin wasn't okay. He saw the sad look in his eyes every day as he passed by them in the classroom or on missions. He felt terribly guilty, as did everyone in the room. The Exwires and Yukio had been dragged aside by Shura not to long ago and had made them realise what they were doing. They had been intending on apologizing the next day in fact. Shura was upset and disappointed. If only she had said something a day sooner, they may not be reading these letters. If only she had done something sooner. If only she had talked to him. If only….
Yukio was in shock. He couldn't believe he hadn't realised what he was doing to his brother. They were brothers! He knew it wasn't Rin's fault, nothing that had happened. He wanted so desperately to see his brother right now and apologise for everything he had done. "Rin… I'm so sorry," he sobbed out, clutching the letter to his chest.
Everyone in the room was grieving. They knew what they had done was wrong, but they hadn't stopped and even considered the fact that he was still human too, just like the rest of them. As they were all grieving, they looked up as they heard a pop. A trampoline appeared before them. They were confused, when all of a sudden, someone came crashing onto the trampoline. The person was flung off and landed on a pile of pillows. They heard a groan, then a sigh, followed immediately by a voice saying, "Goddammit. Fuck you Mephisto."
Everyone looked over, hope flooding their eyes and saw that it was indeed Rin. Surprisingly, the first one over there was Shura, wrapping him in a hug. They watched the surprise flicker over his face. They heard as Shura quietly yelled at him, still sobbing, which was very unlike her. A look of realisation came onto his face as he saw that everyone in the room had a letter in their hand. He returned her hug but didn't say anything. He let her get everything out and sat there patiently. When it seemed she had gotten everything out, she sat on her knees. Rin reached forward and gently wiped the tears off her face, still not saying anything. Suddenly, everyone was on top of him. Hugging him, crying and asking him questions.
When everyone had gotten out their tears, they sat around him in a semi circle and he looked at his feet. It was silent before Yukio asked, "Rin, is that blood on your sleeves?"
He seemed almost hesitant, but a look of panic came over his face as Rin smiled sadly and quietly asked, "What do you think Yukio?"
Yukio rushed forward and gasped as he pulled back Rin's sleeves. When everyone else saw what Yukio had seen, they gasped too. Cuts ran up and down his arm. Some of them looking recent. One was still bleeding even. There was a pop and a medical kit appeared next to Yukio. He ordered Rin to take off his shirt. Rin sighed and did just that. There were fresh tears on everyone's face as they saw the scars that littered his upper body. Some they knew about, but others, they didn't.
Yukio quietly fixed up the cut, Rin not even flinching. When he was all done, he sat back. It was silent again before Bon suddenly shouted out, "What the hell were you thinking Okumura?"
Rin eyed him lazily, almost as if he was deciding if it was worth answering. "I think you know what I was thinking Bon," he said, still quiet.
"Do you really think that none of us care?" Bon asked, still seeming angry.
Rin's eyes sharpened, and Bon knew he'd said the wrong thing. "Yes, I do Bon. I think that each and everyone of you hates me, and has hated me since you learned I was the son of Satan and turned your backs on me. My friends suddenly weren't there anymore. And they haven't been there for a long time. I couldn't even go to Yukio, because I knew he still blamed me for everything. And it's not like I was going to tell Kuro, he was worried enough as it is and still sad about Shiro. And before you say anything Shura, I wouldn't have gone to you either because half the time, you were so fucking drunk I'm surprised you could even walk," Rin said, ranting a little.
It was silent once again before Izumo asked, "How long?"
He looked over and said, "How long for what?"
"The cutting," she answered simply.
He laughed and said, "Since a long time before I knew any of you. No one knew because I always hid them well."
Izumo just looked at him, considering him. No one seemed to know what to say at this point, so Rin said, "Look, say what you want. I don't really care at this point. If you don't want to think about it, you should probably check out the pile of stuff that just appeared on the table by the television."
Everyone turned their heads and saw that there was indeed a TV and a stack of something with a note on it. Shima got up, went over, picked up the note and read it aloud. "Hello, hello, hello! Now that you have gotten through that, I figured you should know why you're all here. I know what you've been doing to Rin, and after what he planned on doing tonight, I figured it would be a good idea if you all watched Rin's memories, up to this point, so you can better understand. Shura, I know that you made them see the error in their ways, and thank you for that, but I still will go ahead with this. Enjoy and toodaloo! ~Mephisto"
They heard Rin growl. "That bastard. He has no right!"
Shieme says, "I'm sorry Rin. We were going to apologise to you tomorrow when you came to class. I'm so so so so sorry that we put you through that. I know you don't want us to see, but I want to because I want to help you!"
Rin looked shocked. They had planned on apologizing to him? What? What had Shura done? He looked over to Shura but she just shrugged and grinned a little. Shima set the note down and says, "It looks like the first disk is of things before he found out, and the second starts from the day he found out."
Rin winced at the mention of that day. "Well," Yukio said, "might as well start. It appears that we're going to be here until we watch them all."
Rin glared at him, not happy with the situation. His tail was twitching behind him, further signalling how unhappy he was. Shura smiled reassuringly at him, knowing this was probably for the best. Shima put in the first disk and they made themselves comfortable, grabbing snacks, moving so they could see the TV and whatnot. Rin sat a little ways away from everyone else, and Shura and Izumo sat next to him. He looked a little surprised, but stayed silent, knowing they wouldn't move.
Sorry for the shorter first chapters, but I didn't want to do something really long that would possibly mess up what I plan on doing! This is my first fanfic on this site, so I hope it turns out okay!